Having no experience with SPSS I really appreciate the information provided. I find that Dr. Grande’s explanation is easy to follow, and gives a new user, like myself, a very simple and user-friendly way to interact with the program.
I liked that we were shown how to sort the sample into two and then three groups. Since Dr. Grande took the extra time to reiterate how to set up these dimensions for random assignment, I was able to better grasp how to work SPSS.
This was a pretty straight forward video. Walking through how to randomly assign to either the treatment or control groups was great to see step by step. I liked how you divided the sample first into two categories, and then three categories. It was also helpful to see how you can use control C and V and drag in SPSS like you would in Excel to label the column; it is much more efficient than individually labeling each cell.
I have never used SPSS before. I appreciate having the video start from a blank state. The video was helpiful in knowing how to operate the program from its infancy. The tabs at the bottom of the screen were helpful in seeing different variable views. There are many prompts to learn in order to properly operate the system.
***** I've also never used SPSS previously. Actually, prior to this class, I had never even heard of it, so it seemed a bit daunting. Luckily, learning about this software lessens its level of intimidation.
I can see very clearly how applicable to research this is and how useful this function is. It was surprising that Dr. Grande talked about the ctrl-C and ctrl-V functions. I am always surprised when someone does not know this function but I should not be. It is not as commonly known as I once thought so it was really great he makes note of that function. What I like most about this video is that it is made to help you understand what it is like to put this to actual use. Dr. Grande makes sure we think of the scores as a post-test and labels the groups as treatment groups and controls groups which makes it seem very usable.
This video helped me to have a clear understanding of the role of random assignment. I realized that the use of SPSS is very detailed and intricate. There are many steps toward using the program that can help me to gain a much better understanding of the data and what the results will be so that I can report them accurately.
This video makes it interesting too view how easily participants are randomly assigned as well as labeled and grouped. I appreciate that I could see what the pretest, treatment, and levels look like when assignment is complete.
I enjoyed the video's straightforward instruction and demonstration on how to randomly assign participants to different groups in research. I also liked that an example was provided for both two and three groups with differing levels of the independent variable.
Jacklin Skibicki The fact that this video was straight to the point made it easier to follow and grasp the concept of random assignment. I am still unfamiliar with SPSS and needed some explanation on what that was since I have never used that program before.
I wish that the Excel videos were grouped together and SPSS were grouped together. Just when I get used to one, we get switched back to the other.I, again, liked the blank slate. I liked the step-by-step instructions in this video. I liked the tip about labeling the columns. Another good tip!
As I have stated, it has been a while since I have used SPSS but this video was helpful to watch and made me feel a little bit better about it for when I do have to use it again. It was a nice refresher. I was happy to see how to randomly assign participants to groups.
I'm not really familiar with SPSS, but this video showed me that it is a great tool and a great way of dividing subjects into randomly determined groups. It's better than making up note cards and shuffling them like playing cards.
I honestly was unaware that SPSS could create random assignment in helping to determine treatment vs. control group or any other number of groupings one could create. I think it was very helpful to include explanation of labeling, as I feel that would help to keep organization within keeping the data/samples together.
Thank you for sharing this video Dr. Grande. I used SPSS in my undergraduate classes, so it was a nice refresher of something I was used to. I haven't actually used this function in SPSS so it was nice to see what else I can do with SPSS.
Hey Brittany. I used SPSS in undergrad as well, but it wasn't quite as easy as Dr.Grande makes it seem! I'm finding it easier though to follow along the more videos we watch. Just like he demonstrated I would go through and change all of the number labels to actual names to follow along better.
This video was clear in demonstrating how you can use the program to randomly assign participants to different treatment groups especially when your dealing with a considerable number of participants.
SPSS was a program that was never taught to me in my undergrad. My professor would talk about it but never went into depth on exactly what is was used for. This was interesting to see how random assignment is used within SPSS. This looks different than how excel explains it. Seems easier to differentiate random variables.
I have to appreciate the videos of how to do certain calculations in SPSS, Even though I might never actually use this program it is good to know and understand how to. It seems like a resume worthy attribute. This video was very easy to understand and gave me an easy to follow step-by-step tutorial should I ever have the opportunity to use SPSS.
I appreciated how you can easily divide the participants into 2 groups and change the values/labels of each group. Seeing the groups labels (ei...tx & control) made it easy to see which participant was in which group.
Michelle Robinson I agree with you. It was easy to divide the groups and change the labels. I can see why this would be beneficial for a research study.
I have never used SPSS, but it seemed okay in this example. I really like how you can randomly assign participants using SPSS or Excel. In undergrad, I was no taught how to do this, and I always imagined it being a difficult process. However, these tools make it very easy.
Rachel Foster SPSS can be very easy to work with once you know your way around basic functions. This video shows how powerful SPSS is and why it is such a fantastic tool for researchers. It is regrettable that it is not as widely available as Excel due to cost.
While watching this video I was thinking back to the research class we took. I don't really remember SSPS being mentioned. Our project this semester actually reminds me a lot of what we did as undergrads only we aren't grouped together.
I think that this video was helpful. It has been a while since I have used SPSS. I had forgotten how to change the labels of the variables. This video was a good refresher on that. I also had never done a random assignment in SPSS so this concept was new to me. The video made it easy to understand.
Mandy Moore The video was easy to understand. This was the first time I have seen SPSS in action and it looks similar to Excel. Once you become familiar with the execute buttons I'm sure it becomes easier to use.
Mandy Moore it has been years since I used SPSS so this was a great refresher. I never was able to fully understand SPSS because it has so many different options but I also found this video to be easy to understand.
Mandy Moore Yes, this video definitely help ease my anxiety about SPSS. I know there's lots more to come and this is probably just scratching the surface but it seems a little less intimidating.
Brittany Vodzak i only used SPSS a couple of years ago, but this video still served as a great refresher for me also. I always had trouble using SPSS in the past, so I was happy and I felt like the video was easy to understand as well.
This video was really interesting, it was very clear and helped me to understand the steps to take in order to assign participants to different groups in a random way. I have never used SPSS so it was interesting to see how it works.
Very informative video on how to use a random assignment data file in excel. Being able randomly assign treatment group and control group participants using excel is helpful. In a previous research class random assignment was discussed but we were not shown how to actually do the assignments.
I think being shown how to do the random assignments was helpful. I've discussed that concept many times in classes before but I have never seen it done. It made the concept even clearer to see it done on the computer.
Regina Ames I don't recall actually doing random assignment in SPSS in college, although I'm sure we did at some point when we were doing our own research studies. It was nice to be able to see how to do this firsthand, rather than just understanding the principle of random assignment in theory and not being able to see it actually applied.
I had used the compute variable function in SPSS before but had not used it in the way you showed in this video. It was helpful to see the parameters and your explanation of decreasing duplication by using 1,000.
This video wasn't the most confusing about SPSS, but it definitely reminded me of how I struggled in undergrad with it. I will definitely have to rewatch all of the SPSS videos!
Using SPSS appears to be a great way to remain accurate when planning a study while also analyzing the statistical data it produces with other features the software provides.
I've never used SSPS so this video was interesting to watch. It seems to be very similar to Excel. Because this was my first time seeing SSPS, it took me a minute to comprehend the different things he was clicking on.
Susan Wilder I thought Dr. Grande did a video before on SPSS. I could be wrong though. Besides these videos I have never seen or heard of SPSS before either. It seems like a more in detail version of Excel. This seems like a program that we should look into
I have completed a statistics course in the past, spss is something that I struggled with....but with my notes from the previous course, I may be able to gain a little more knowledge on this particular data assessment.
What a useful video! I can definitely see the value of how to quickly and successfully assign random groups. I don't have any experience with SPSS but this seems really straightforward. I think even just poking around a little, I would be able to figure out how to change the names of the columns, etc. Dividing into 3 groups was a little more involved but still understandable.
I always found this to be very confusing when using it in a previous class. I was never really able to grasp SPSS in the past, but I found this video to be easy to follow and I will definitely be practicing it.
Wow! SPSS looks so very different than when I used it last time. I found this video on random assignment in SPSS very useful...I don't know this version of SPSS so overall helpful.
I liked that he went into detail on how you would do random assignment. I think that I would do better if I could be going step by step as he is explaining it.
I just read the chapters on sampling and experimental research and was wondering how one might complete random assignment. This method/technique used with the SPSS software appears rather effective and easy for the researcher to utilize. Overall, I thought this video was rather helpful should I need to do this in the future.
I agree, Elizabeth, that the information on completing a random assignment was helpful, especially since I just read about it in the text. I am not familiar with the SPSS program, but completing this task seemed pretty straightforward.
I have never used SPSS. This is actually the first time I am seeing how it works. There is a lot of small little things that you need to know in order to make this work. I would have been stumped when the field would not accept my group name due to size. It seems similar to Excel.
Bethany Elstrom This is my first time seeing the system too. I never used SPSS before but you are right, the system seems much like Excel. I think as long as you learn the prompts and how to input the data the system seems straightforward.
I always get the concepts random assignment and random sampling confused. It was nice to see in the video how to randomly assign participants; however, I am not familiar with SPSS.
I didn't realize how similar SPSS and Excel are. It looks like SPSS was specifically made for statistics stuff, though. Appears to be more options on SPSS. Putting the participants into the two different groups was a bit confusing. I think just how it was arranged and the format it showed up as (the slashes on the left, etc). But in actual use of SPSS instead of learning about it, it may be more clear.
I was not particularly familiar with random assignment before this video, only random sampling, so it was a new topic to explore. Is random assignment used in order to make sure that participants in each group are equal at the very start of a research study? My understanding of this was that it was random, but it helped to categorize participants into groups that best fit certain characteristics or traits they held in common.
Candace Fernandez I believe random assignment is indeed used to "even the playing field" somewhat and to ensure that the participants are as equally distributed among the groups as possible (if that makes sense!) I didn't catch anything about participants having any type of commonality, and I thought it was just a simple random mixture of numbers. But I could be wrong! Definitely something to bring up in class.
I think I would grasp these concepts more if I was able to reproduce them on SPSS myself. I do the explanation given of random assignment though. I have a better understanding of the importance.
Thank you for your great demonstration, dear Dr. Grande, It would greatly facilitate our learning process--and I would appreciate immensely--if you could share some sample files of both EXCEL and SPSS.
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Having no experience with SPSS I really appreciate the information provided. I find that Dr. Grande’s explanation is easy to follow, and gives a new user, like myself, a very simple and user-friendly way to interact with the program.
I liked that we were shown how to sort the sample into two and then three groups. Since Dr. Grande took the extra time to reiterate how to set up these dimensions for random assignment, I was able to better grasp how to work SPSS.
This was a pretty straight forward video. Walking through how to randomly assign to either the treatment or control groups was great to see step by step. I liked how you divided the sample first into two categories, and then three categories. It was also helpful to see how you can use control C and V and drag in SPSS like you would in Excel to label the column; it is much more efficient than individually labeling each cell.
I have never used SPSS before. I appreciate having the video start from a blank state. The video was helpiful in knowing how to operate the program from its infancy. The tabs at the bottom of the screen were helpful in seeing different variable views. There are many prompts to learn in order to properly operate the system.
***** I'm glad, too, that we were able to see things from the start. Especially going back and show different options.
***** I've also never used SPSS previously. Actually, prior to this class, I had never even heard of it, so it seemed a bit daunting. Luckily, learning about this software lessens its level of intimidation.
***** I love seeing these forms and spreadsheets from scratch. I think it's helping me better understand how to use them.
I've also never used or seen SPSS used. Being able to see the basics was very helpful in conceptualizing the concepts
I can see very clearly how applicable to research this is and how useful this function is. It was surprising that Dr. Grande talked about the ctrl-C and ctrl-V functions. I am always surprised when someone does not know this function but I should not be. It is not as commonly known as I once thought so it was really great he makes note of that function. What I like most about this video is that it is made to help you understand what it is like to put this to actual use. Dr. Grande makes sure we think of the scores as a post-test and labels the groups as treatment groups and controls groups which makes it seem very usable.
This video helped me to have a clear understanding of the role of random assignment. I realized that the use of SPSS is very detailed and intricate. There are many steps toward using the program that can help me to gain a much better understanding of the data and what the results will be so that I can report them accurately.
This video makes it interesting too view how easily participants are randomly assigned as well as labeled and grouped. I appreciate that I could see what the pretest, treatment, and levels look like when assignment is complete.
I enjoyed the video's straightforward instruction and demonstration on how to randomly assign participants to different groups in research. I also liked that an example was provided for both two and three groups with differing levels of the independent variable.
Jacklin Skibicki The fact that this video was straight to the point made it easier to follow and grasp the concept of random assignment. I am still unfamiliar with SPSS and needed some explanation on what that was since I have never used that program before.
+Jacklin SkIibicki I did grasp the lesson on random assignment but SPSS still seems difficult to me.
Jacklin Skibicki I agree. The recent videos have been easier to follow, very straightforward.
I wish that the Excel videos were grouped together and SPSS were grouped together. Just when I get used to one, we get switched back to the other.I, again, liked the blank slate. I liked the step-by-step instructions in this video. I liked the tip about labeling the columns. Another good tip!
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As I have stated, it has been a while since I have used SPSS but this video was helpful to watch and made me feel a little bit better about it for when I do have to use it again. It was a nice refresher. I was happy to see how to randomly assign participants to groups.
Convenient, not too difficult, and straightforward way to assign participants that is especially useful for larger sample populations.
I agree that he did not make the video so complicated that we couldn't follow along.
This video is a straightforward presentation and make it feasible for one to follow the steps involved in random assignment.
I'm not really familiar with SPSS, but this video showed me that it is a great tool and a great way of dividing subjects into randomly determined groups. It's better than making up note cards and shuffling them like playing cards.
This video showed how to randomly assign participants to various treatment groups. I found it very helpful.
I honestly was unaware that SPSS could create random assignment in helping to determine treatment vs. control group or any other number of groupings one could create. I think it was very helpful to include explanation of labeling, as I feel that would help to keep organization within keeping the data/samples together.
Dr. Grande, thank you again for the very informative statistics videos. Random assignment knowledge will be beneficial for those conducting research.
Thank you for sharing this video Dr. Grande. I used SPSS in my undergraduate classes, so it was a nice refresher of something I was used to. I haven't actually used this function in SPSS so it was nice to see what else I can do with SPSS.
Hey Brittany. I used SPSS in undergrad as well, but it wasn't quite as easy as Dr.Grande makes it seem! I'm finding it easier though to follow along the more videos we watch. Just like he demonstrated I would go through and change all of the number labels to actual names to follow along better.
This video was clear in demonstrating how you can use the program to randomly assign participants to different treatment groups especially when your dealing with a considerable number of participants.
SPSS was a program that was never taught to me in my undergrad. My professor would talk about it but never went into depth on exactly what is was used for. This was interesting to see how random assignment is used within SPSS. This looks different than how excel explains it. Seems easier to differentiate random variables.
Toniette Morda I've never used SPSS either, but you're one up on me. At least you had a professor that talked about it..
I have to appreciate the videos of how to do certain calculations in SPSS, Even though I might never actually use this program it is good to know and understand how to. It seems like a resume worthy attribute. This video was very easy to understand and gave me an easy to follow step-by-step tutorial should I ever have the opportunity to use SPSS.
I appreciated how you can easily divide the participants into 2 groups and change the values/labels of each group. Seeing the groups labels (ei...tx & control) made it easy to see which participant was in which group.
Michelle Robinson I agree with you. It was easy to divide the groups and change the labels. I can see why this would be beneficial for a research study.
Random assignment was always hard for me to grasp completely. I got it, but I didn't. This was helpful in making it clearer for me.
I have never used SPSS, but it seemed okay in this example. I really like how you can randomly assign participants using SPSS or Excel. In undergrad, I was no taught how to do this, and I always imagined it being a difficult process. However, these tools make it very easy.
Rachel Foster SPSS can be very easy to work with once you know your way around basic functions. This video shows how powerful SPSS is and why it is such a fantastic tool for researchers. It is regrettable that it is not as widely available as Excel due to cost.
While watching this video I was thinking back to the research class we took. I don't really remember SSPS being mentioned. Our project this semester actually reminds me a lot of what we did as undergrads only we aren't grouped together.
Alicia Zahn I agree, this newer version seems very easy to use as opposed to the SPSS I used in college. I too wish the cost was not prohibitive.
Rachel Foster Utilizing Excel and SPSS does make random assignment seem simple. Which is totally okay with me!
I think that this video was helpful. It has been a while since I have used SPSS. I had forgotten how to change the labels of the variables. This video was a good refresher on that. I also had never done a random assignment in SPSS so this concept was new to me. The video made it easy to understand.
Mandy Moore The video was easy to understand. This was the first time I have seen SPSS in action and it looks similar to Excel. Once you become familiar with the execute buttons I'm sure it becomes easier to use.
Mandy Moore This video was easy to understand versus the one in excel. Definitely and interesting subject!
Mandy Moore it has been years since I used SPSS so this was a great refresher. I never was able to fully understand SPSS because it has so many different options but I also found this video to be easy to understand.
Mandy Moore Yes, this video definitely help ease my anxiety about SPSS. I know there's lots more to come and this is probably just scratching the surface but it seems a little less intimidating.
Brittany Vodzak i only used SPSS a couple of years ago, but this video still served as a great refresher for me also. I always had trouble using SPSS in the past, so I was happy and I felt like the video was easy to understand as well.
This video was really interesting, it was very clear and helped me to understand the steps to take in order to assign participants to different groups in a random way. I have never used SPSS so it was interesting to see how it works.
This video was very informative. I like how the random assignment function can be utilized to assign sample populations for research designs.
Very informative video on how to use a random assignment data file in excel. Being able randomly assign treatment group and control group participants using excel is helpful. In a previous research class random assignment was discussed but we were not shown how to actually do the assignments.
I think being shown how to do the random assignments was helpful. I've discussed that concept many times in classes before but I have never seen it done. It made the concept even clearer to see it done on the computer.
Regina Ames I don't recall actually doing random assignment in SPSS in college, although I'm sure we did at some point when we were doing our own research studies. It was nice to be able to see how to do this firsthand, rather than just understanding the principle of random assignment in theory and not being able to see it actually applied.
I had used the compute variable function in SPSS before but had not used it in the way you showed in this video. It was helpful to see the parameters and your explanation of decreasing duplication by using 1,000.
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This video wasn't the most confusing about SPSS, but it definitely reminded me of how I struggled in undergrad with it. I will definitely have to rewatch all of the SPSS videos!
It is clear in my mind that to master the work involved in random assignment in SPSS, I would need to rewatch these videos over and over again.
Using SPSS appears to be a great way to remain accurate when planning a study while also analyzing the statistical data it produces with other features the software provides.
I've never used SSPS so this video was interesting to watch. It seems to be very similar to Excel. Because this was my first time seeing SSPS, it took me a minute to comprehend the different things he was clicking on.
Susan Wilder I thought Dr. Grande did a video before on SPSS. I could be wrong though. Besides these videos I have never seen or heard of SPSS before either. It seems like a more in detail version of Excel. This seems like a program that we should look into
Renee Mendez he did before but I don't think the video shows the details of how it works just the concepts behind the utilization of the program
I have completed a statistics course in the past, spss is something that I struggled with....but with my notes from the previous course, I may be able to gain a little more knowledge on this particular data assessment.
What a useful video! I can definitely see the value of how to quickly and successfully assign random groups. I don't have any experience with SPSS but this seems really straightforward. I think even just poking around a little, I would be able to figure out how to change the names of the columns, etc. Dividing into 3 groups was a little more involved but still understandable.
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I always found this to be very confusing when using it in a previous class. I was never really able to grasp SPSS in the past, but I found this video to be easy to follow and I will definitely be practicing it.
Wow! SPSS looks so very different than when I used it last time. I found this video on random assignment in SPSS very useful...I don't know this version of SPSS so overall helpful.
I liked that he went into detail on how you would do random assignment. I think that I would do better if I could be going step by step as he is explaining it.
I just read the chapters on sampling and experimental research and was wondering how one might complete random assignment. This method/technique used with the SPSS software appears rather effective and easy for the researcher to utilize. Overall, I thought this video was rather helpful should I need to do this in the future.
I agree, Elizabeth, that the information on completing a random assignment was helpful, especially since I just read about it in the text. I am not familiar with the SPSS program, but completing this task seemed pretty straightforward.
I have never used SPSS. This is actually the first time I am seeing how it works. There is a lot of small little things that you need to know in order to make this work. I would have been stumped when the field would not accept my group name due to size. It seems similar to Excel.
Bethany Elstrom This is my first time seeing the system too. I never used SPSS before but you are right, the system seems much like Excel. I think as long as you learn the prompts and how to input the data the system seems straightforward.
Bethany Elstrom I have not used SPSS either. This is new for me. There were alot of steps and changes but the video was easy to follow.
Bethany Elstrom I think SPSS is better than Excel. I think it is more user friendly and is more tailored to what we would do in research.
Bethany Elstrom I agree. I remember wishing in undergrad there was a cheat sheet for SPSS and a frequent troubleshooting sheet!
I always get the concepts random assignment and random sampling confused. It was nice to see in the video how to randomly assign participants; however, I am not familiar with SPSS.
I didn't realize how similar SPSS and Excel are. It looks like SPSS was specifically made for statistics stuff, though. Appears to be more options on SPSS. Putting the participants into the two different groups was a bit confusing. I think just how it was arranged and the format it showed up as (the slashes on the left, etc). But in actual use of SPSS instead of learning about it, it may be more clear.
I was not particularly familiar with random assignment before this video, only random sampling, so it was a new topic to explore. Is random assignment used in order to make sure that participants in each group are equal at the very start of a research study? My understanding of this was that it was random, but it helped to categorize participants into groups that best fit certain characteristics or traits they held in common.
Candace Fernandez I believe random assignment is indeed used to "even the playing field" somewhat and to ensure that the participants are as equally distributed among the groups as possible (if that makes sense!) I didn't catch anything about participants having any type of commonality, and I thought it was just a simple random mixture of numbers. But I could be wrong! Definitely something to bring up in class.
Seems like you could just do a count off thing for this, but I understand that their is a method to the madness.
I have never used SPSS, so this video was informative for me. It seems very user friendly. I wonder how it differs from Excel?
Thanks for this great idea, it helps a lot!
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I think I would grasp these concepts more if I was able to reproduce them on SPSS myself. I do the explanation given of random assignment though. I have a better understanding of the importance.
Thank you for your great demonstration, dear Dr. Grande,
It would greatly facilitate our learning process--and I would appreciate immensely--if you could share some sample files of both EXCEL and SPSS.
SPSS is always interesting to see but I am not grasping it because I never used it. It seems so advanced. It's harder for me to comprehend than Excel.
Dr Grande's first video!
are these instructions in order? what is the link of first spss video?
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